Research Article

Evaluating the Effect of Roadway and Development Factors on the Rural Road Safety Risk Index

Table 3

Final cluster centers for independent and dependent variables in this study.

Final cluster centers
Cluster

Independent variablesā€‰123456
Operating speed56.6662.6591.7981.8097.5388.00
Difference between posted speed limits and operating speedāˆ’17.348.1041.0227.7718.69-0.75
Segment length1.261.561.901.421.841.56
Volume16.4216.8715.7518.9517.7318.56
Presence or absence of a speed control camera0.000.090.040.030.000.00
Homogeneous sections3.003.644.434.263.863.67
Gradient1.201.091.071.231.211.22
Dominant land uses along the roadways land use1.201.270.750.691.291.56
Number of accessibility0.601.363.462.132.930.67

Dependent variableAccident frequency rate0.800.530.010.120.751.87